nsrwatch gets an update

Having used NetWorker since 1996, it’s fair to say that while I’ve watched a lot of features and interfaces in…

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Basics – NetWorker Server Client ID

When reviewing a customer’s logs today, I noticed yet another one of those minor (but great) changes that periodically get…

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New NetWorker Technical Documents

(No, not micromanuals – official EMC Technical Notes for NetWorker.) EMC has been working hard at making very useful technical…

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Well, it performs – or performance?

We are approaching the point where it would be conceivable for someone to build a PB disk system in their…

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No Zero Error Policy? No backup system

In the past I’ve talked about the importance of having zero error policies. In “What is a zero error policy?“,…

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Psst! Want to touch my backup server?

Last month, I posted a survey with the following questions: What is your backup server (currently)? Physical server Virtual server,…

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Basics – Cloning vs Staging

When people are just starting to get into NetWorker, a common situation is that they get confused about the difference…

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Killing scheduled cloning operations

In a previous blog post, I discussed how much I liked the scheduled cloning operations introduced in NetWorker 7.6 SP1.…

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The virtue of persistence

I have to say, I’m really liking NetWorker’s ability to work with persistent binding on tape libraries now. If you’re…

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Survey – Virtual Backup Servers

I have to admit, I have great personal reservations towards virtualising backup servers. There’s a simple, fundamental reason for this:…

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